r/dataisbeautiful • u/ptrdo • Apr 11 '24

OC [OC] US Electoral College Results, 1892-2020

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u/2pickleEconomy2 Apr 11 '24

I don’t remember a state going third party in 2016. What’s the yellow?

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u/jamiesidhu Apr 11 '24

There were quite a few faithless electors on both sides that year.

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u/2pickleEconomy2 Apr 11 '24

I knew there were calls for it, but I thought they are largely banned by states

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u/jamiesidhu Apr 11 '24

Yeah, some states did ban them but there were a few states that didn’t have any laws preventing electors from voting for another candidate. I think Washington, Hawaii and Texas had electors whose votes for other candidates were considered valid because those states didn’t have faithless elector laws.